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October 2nd, 2025 - 11:42 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Snapchat under fire for a policy to impose fees on users

ALBAWABA - Snapchat is expected to impose new fees on people who want to keep their memories saved on the American app. "Pay to save" is a new policy announced by Snapchat that charges users for storing photos and videos. The popular app has designated people with more than 5GB of "archive" as its target group. Under the new policies, users with more than 5 GB of storage will be ...

Lufthansa will end all of its flights to Sudan by January 19, 2014 (Courtesy of the Telegraph)

November 11th, 2013 - 08:06 GMT

German airline to end all flights to Sudan in January

Regional ministers said that Gulf residents are 'taking advantage' of government energy subsidies and opting for vehicles that have big engines and are not fuel efficient (Courtesy of Boston University)

November 11th, 2013 - 07:20 GMT

Subsidies are the culprit for 'excessive' energy consumption in GCC, say ministers

Middle Eastern investors were one of the most active buyers of hotel real estate in 2012 (Shutterstock)

November 11th, 2013 - 06:56 GMT

Investing to accomodate: hotel purchases up 50%, Middle East considered 'most active buyers'

Lack of investing options are holding back the growth of Islamic pension funds. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

November 11th, 2013 - 06:04 GMT

The pent up $190 billion opportunity in Islamic retirement funds

The return of Iran to the international community would be beneficial for its neighbouring countries including the Gulf Arab states, a top international oil executive has said.

November 11th, 2013 - 04:55 GMT

GCC to get a 'kick' out of lifting sanctions on Iran

Earlier this year, KIA said that it has more than doubled its investments in the UK over the last 10 years.

November 11th, 2013 - 04:55 GMT

Anything for those Sovereign Wealth Funds: the UK's heavy flirting with Kuwait for investments

The United Arab Emirates has ranked eighth in the world in a survey of the most important global buyers of new build property.

November 11th, 2013 - 04:55 GMT

Sorry Dubai, UAE investors favour London, Paris, and New York for property purchases

At the start of November, the bank returned a $500m deposit to Qatar after Qatar refused to renew it upon its maturity, Reuters reported last Wednesday.

November 10th, 2013 - 08:44 GMT

Egypt's Foreign Reserves Drop and Qatar might have something to do with it

Lebanon is still looking to sign some agreements with smartphone manufacturers that use 4G in an effort to grow the use of this new technology in the country (Shutterstock)

November 10th, 2013 - 08:38 GMT

Where are the 4G smartphone users in Lebanon?

Approximately 50,000 illegal workers are supposedly employed in Bahrain (Courtesy of Asia News International)

November 10th, 2013 - 08:18 GMT

Embassies supporting Bahrain on illegal worker crackdown

Abu Dhabi has hosted the ADIPEC conference in years past, with this year's expo expected to attract 50,000 energy professionals from over 80 countries (Courtesy of Arabian Oil & Gas)

November 10th, 2013 - 07:22 GMT

Largest gas and oil expo in the region opens its doors Sunday to 50,000

TAQA is the largest UAE investor in the Netherlands (Courtesy of UAE Interact)

November 10th, 2013 - 07:04 GMT

UAE's TAQA sells natural gas pipeline for $240 million to Danish pension fund